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Thursday, December 2, 2010

Thursday Roundup Links

You might ask what The Walking Dead has anything at all to do with the following links about the Toronto Blue Jays, and I'll tell you what it is: absolutely nothing.

It's merely an excuse to post something zombie-related in this cold, desolate baseball offseason. Actually, not that I think about it, that's not entirely true.

A few people have commented to me on Twitter about how there seems to be Roy Halladay and Jose Bautista look-alikes on The Walking Dead.

If you thought Roy Halladay and Bautista were scary enough as is, there's nothing more frightening than Doc and Joey Bats as undead versions of their previously functioning selves. Because Roy will cut you up, Jose will stare you down, and then they'll eat you for breakfast.

The most intriguing part of it all? Rich Harden in small doses isn't such a bad idea. Looking at his career splits, his ERA balloons from 2.98 after 2 innings to 4.58 after 3 innings.

The 5th Starter did his homework and estimated the trade value of each of the guys on the Blue Jays 40-man roster. It's interesting to note despite an off year, both Aaron Hill and Adam Lind still have some pretty decent trade value.

We all know that the purse strings on offseason spending have been tight these past few years, but there was once a day when the Blue Jays shelled out big bucks for free agents. 500 Level Fan has a rundown of how those free agent signings have performed historically for the Blue Jays.

FYI - In regards to what it would cost the Jays, I sort of assumed that the reader would adjust what the package was based on where on the organizational depth chart players in the package were. Depending on whether you value Arencibia or Perez more, the top catcher would lower the prospect pitcher down to Stewart from Drabek. If Drabek were included, it would drop down to D'Arnaud. If Drabek were in there, depending on where the Royals saw him developmentally, the other pitcher involved would either be lower in the minors or one of the Jays' current back end of the rotation pitchers.

Since I'm not following the Jays day-in and day-out, I'm not sure how the organization feels about Cecil or Snider. Snider was only going in there if Gordon was included, as it feels like Snider is approaching Gordon in terms of frustration with a former top prospect not yet realizing their potential. I was sort of assuming that the Jays must be slightly more enamored with Marcum and Romero, but maybe I'm off base.

Totally in agreement in regards to hometown bias when looking at prospects. The post was definitely meant to be evaluating things from what it seems like the market would bear for Greinke. Obviously, with the higher end prospects, there was also the assumption that Gordon would be included, and there does seem to be a glut of catchers in the Jays organization, so it would be that they're dealing from a position of strength, prospect-wise.

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